“…Asylum to Action offers an alternative history of a libertarian therapeutic community at Paddington Day Hospital in West London in the 1970's. Helen Spandler recaptures the radical aspirations, as well as the conflicts, of the early therapeutic community movement, radical psychiatry and the patients' movement…”

“…Textilien waren zentrales Material und Medium des europäischen Interieurs im frühneuzeitlichen West und Mitteleuropa. Dekorationen und textiles Kunsthandwerk erschufen Räume und Raumillusionen des Rokoko. …”

“…Addressing the mediating role of the Balkans between East and West all the way to Poland and Lithuania, as well as this region's contribution to the larger Mediterranean artistic and cultural melting pot, this innovative volume explores ideas, artworks and stories that moved through these territories linking the cultures of Central Asia with those of western Europe"--…”

“…However, also ideas of the West that had been aroused by film and literature were now confronted with reality. …”

“…This book is an attempt to deal fairly and compassionately with a complex history that has divided friend from foe, East from West, Left from Right - not with the vain hope of reconciling irreconcileable differences, but with the expectation that an analytic and interpretive narrative will add to our understanding if not complete agreement. …”

“…The second half of Book 30 is dominated by Valentinian I, emperor of the West. Ammianus presents a kaleidoscopic picture of this emperor alternating between admiration for his military qualities and devotion to his duty and bitter criticism of his avarice and cruelty. …”

“…Among the officers was Roald Amundsen , who would later to be the first man to sail the North West Passage and also to reach the South Pole Frederick A. …”

“…The Iron Curtain that divided communist Eastern Europe from the capitalist West had created a no-man's land protected by barbed wire and minefields - a last haven for many rare animals and plants. …”

“…This Companion offers a vivid and fully documented account of this critical stage in the history of the West…”